‘Sweet Tooth’ Renewed For 3rd & Final Season On Netflix
Netflix has announced that fantasy drama ‘Sweet Tooth‘ will return for a 3rd and final season on the streaming service “soon”. This is a creative decision by showrunner Jim Mickle, not a cancellation, and Season 3 has already been produced.
Based on characters created for DC/Vertigo Comics by Jeff Lemire, ‘Sweet Tooth’ is set ten years after “The Great Crumble”, an event which wreaked havoc on the world and led to the mysterious emergence of hybrids – babies born part human, part animal. Unsure if hybrids are the cause or result of the virus, many humans fear and hunt them.
Season one introduced us to a sheltered hybrid deer-boy named Gus (Christian Convery). After a decade of living safely in his secluded forest home, he unexpectedly befriends a wandering loner named Jepperd (Nonso Anozie). Together they set out on an extraordinary adventure across what’s left of America in search of answers – about Gus’ origins, Jepperd’s past, and the true meaning of home.
The second season, which launched in April on the streaming service, sees a deadly new wave of the Sick bear down, and General Abbot, along with the Last Men, are looking to consolidate power by finding a cure. Abbot uses the children as fodder for the experiments of captive Dr. Aditya Singh (Adeel Akhtar), who’s racing to save his infected wife Rani (Aliza Vellani). To protect his friends, Gus agrees to help Dr. Singh, beginning a dark journey into his origins and his mother Birdie’s (Amy Seimetz) role in the events leading up to The Great Crumble. Outside the Preserve, Tommy Jepperd (Nonso Anozie) and Aimee Eden (Dania Ramirez ) team up to break the hybrids free, a partnership that will be tested as Jepperd’s secrets come to light. As the revelations of the past threaten the possibility of redemption in the present, Gus and his found family find themselves on a collision course with Abbot and the evil forces that look to wipe them out once and for all.
“In a lot of ways, it’s exactly the story that I imagined we would tell and in a lot of ways it takes on its own life,” said Mickle. “At the beginning, I think you set out to tell these landmark pieces of Gus’ story and the big pieces of the comic book, but the beauty of long-form storytelling and Gus’ journey over 24 episodes is the characters themselves tell you what they want to be. The crew and cast bring so much depth and point of view to who the characters are and where they’ve come from and where they’re going.”
The third season picks up straight after the season two finale, which (SPOILERS) saw Gus, Jepperd, Wendy (Naledi Murray) and Bear (Stefania LaVie Owen) setting out for Alaska. “[It’s] another road trip story like Season 1, but in a very different way,” Mickle continues. “Season 3 is an Arctic story with exciting new adventures and what we hope will be a satisfying conclusion to this epic tale. Gus is going to see a side of the world and humanity that he didn’t see in Season 1 or 2.”
In addition to a new location, there will also be some new series regulars. Cara Gee (‘The Expanse’) joins the cast as Siana and with Ayazhan Dalabayeva as Nuka. Some of the recurring roles have also been upped to series regulars, so expect more of Zhang (Rosalind Chao) and Birdie (Amy Seimetz) in the final season.
‘Sweet Tooth’ comes from Jim Mickle (‘Hap and Leonard’, ‘In the Shadow of the Moon’, ‘Cold In July’) who serve as writer, showrunner and exec producer. Team Downey’s Robert Downey Jr., Susan Downey and Amanda Burrell, alongside Linda Moran also exec produce. Team Downey in association with Warner Bros. Television are the studios.
‘Sweet Tooth‘ Seasons 1 and 2 are available to stream on Netflix UK and worldwide right now. Season 3 does not yet have a premiere date, but will premiere in 2024 according to the streamer. If you want to keep track of this or any other shows, you can add them via our Never Miss system, and you’ll be notified when they get a UK premiere date.
